Author: wazup
This Lifted, Safari-Style Toyota Corolla AE86 In Ironman Livery Gives Zero Trucks
We recently wrote about a safari-style Porsche 911, a lifted and off-road-ready sports car. Think of it as an speed-addled, desert-racing truck, minus the truck part. We love safari takes on cars—practically anything is a set of knobby tires, some raised ride height, and maybe a light bar or two away from nailing the look. Or maybe we’re suffering from pandemic cabin fever, and are woun...
McLaren F1 Designer Gordon Murray Thinks His Cosworth GMA Is the World’s Best V-12
Gordon Murray thinks the Cosworth GMA V12 will be one of the most iconic engines of all time. The ultra-light, ultra-compact, naturally aspirated V-12, developed by Britain’s Cosworth Engineering to Murray’s precise specification, will power a pure, driver-focused, lightweight three-passenger hypercar called the T.50, a car designed to be the successor to his ground-breaking McLaren F1...
‘Total F*cking Godhead’ Author Corbin Reiff Details the Origins of Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun’
In his most recent book, TOTAL F*CKING GODHEAD: THE BIOGRAPHY OF CHRIS CORNELL (Out July 28), author Corbin Reiff presents the comprehensive life story of one of the most celebrated singers and songwriters in rock history — from his beginnings in Soundgarden, through Temple Of The Dog, Audioslave and beyond. In this exclusive excerpt, Reiff recounts the story behind the creation of one of Co...
Porter Robinson Drops a Shimmering Remix of His Own ‘Get Your Wish’
Porter Robinson fans are today (July 22) getting a double dose of the producer, with Robinson dropping a remix of his own “Get Your Wish.” The edit is a sped-up, tricked-out take on the original, with violins and drums traded for shimmery, glitchy effects and the already pitched up vocals pitched up even higher. The remix — the first work Robinson has released under his DJ Not Po...
Academy of Country Music Launches ACM:The Hub Site With Artist Chats & At-Home Performances
The site features new series “ACM Wine Down Wednesday” and “The ACM Weekly.” The Academy of Country Music has launched a new website called ACM: The Hub, which features artist conversations, at-home acoustic performances, access to artist merchandise and weekly ACM-curated playlists. ACM: The Hub was developed in response to COVID-19 freezing the concert and festival world. When th...
Kyle Dishes on His Duty to Make ‘Happy’ Music, Favorite Games & More During Billboard Reddit AMA
Sure, Kyle admitted in his hit “iSpy,” that “when you text me, girl, I don’t always reply.” But regardless of his texting habits, the rapper did reply to a lot of fan questions during Billboard’s Reddit AMA on Wednesday (July 22). He kicked things off by answering a super important question: “Least favorite cereal?” Kyle quickly replied tha...
Ice-T: Our 1991 Interview
This article originally appeared in the May 1991 issue of SPIN. Ice-T’s first acting experience came in front of security cameras—as a street hustler playing the part of a yuppie. He’d walk into a jewelry store and say to the salesman: “My father’s in the area buying land—he’s a real-estate developer—and I’m going to UCLA to be a lawyer. My mom and dad have been together twenty-five years, and I’m...
Ty Segall’s FUZZ Announce First New Album in 5 Years, Share New Track
Nobody knows how to kick off their band’s return quite like FUZZ frontman Ty Segall. The San Francisco hard-rock trio released their latest track, the appropriately titled “Returning,” on Wednesday. They also announced that their upcoming third studio album, III, is out October 23 via In the Red Recordings. The eight-track project, which follows 2015’s II, features Segall on drums, Chad Ubovi...
Stone Temple Pilots to Play Core LP in Full During Livestream
Stone Temple Pilots will play their debut LP, 1993’s Core, in full during a nugs.tv livestream set for Friday, July 31 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET. Tickets for the event are $9.99 and can be purchased via the Nugs site. The show will be available for replay “within 48 hours from pressing play,” according to a press release. The multi-platinum Core remains one of the definitive grunge albums, spawning...
Trump cautions Davos against heeding ‘prophets of doom’ on climate change
The president’s repudiation of climate change activists before the assembly of business executives and foreign leaders represented yet another high-profile break between his administration and other Western powers regarding the grave nature of the threat. “They predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the ’70s, and an end of oil in the 1990s,” Trump said. “These al...
China is about to launch a trio of spacecraft to Mars — including a rover
Early on July 23rd, China is slated to launch its most ambitious space mission yet, sending a trio of spacecraft to Mars — including a rover to explore the planet’s surface. If successful, China will become the second nation to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet. The mission is named Tianwen-1 — after the long poem “Tianwen,” which means “Questions to Heaven” — and it entails sending an or...
The Verge’s 10 favorite shows to binge this summer
It looks like many of us are going to be pretty much stuck at home for the foreseeable future, and it’s possible that you’ve already binged all of the series that your friends and family have recommended. Don’t despair! If you’re still looking for series to lose yourself in, there are still plenty out there. We went to the staff of The Verge to ask what they recommended for a solid week, month, or...
